Doris Fisher, Baroness Fisher of Rednal
| The Right Honourable The Baroness Fisher of Rednal JP | |
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Birmingham, Ladywood | |
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In office 1970–1974 | |
| Preceded by | Wallace Lawler |
| Succeeded by | Brian Walden |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Doris Mary Gertrude Satchwell 13 September 1919 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 18 December 2005 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Doris Mary Gertrude Fisher, Baroness Fisher of Rednal, JP (13 September 1919 – 18 December 2005[1]), née Satchwell, was a British politician.
Early life and education
Born in Birmingham, she was the daughter of Frederick James Satchwell.[2] She was educated at Tinker's Farm Girls' School and went then to Fircroft College and afterwards Bournville Day Continuation College.[3]
Career
She joined the Labour Party in 1945 and was nominated director of her local Co-operative board in 1951.[4] A year later, Fisher was elected a member of the Birmingham City Council, in which she sat until 1974.[5] Subsequently she served as a member of the Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation until 1989.[3] Fisher was National President of the Co-operative Party Guild in 1961 and was appointed a Justice of the Peace.[4]
She contested Birmingham, Ladywood in 1969 at a by-election won by Wallace Lawler of the Liberals.[3] In the following general election, she was successful for the constituency and represented it as Member of Parliament (MP) the next four years.[6] After her departure from the House of Commons, she was created a life peer as Baroness Fisher of Rednal, of Rednal, in the City of Birmingham on 2 July 1974.[7]
In the House of Lords, Fisher became Crown Representative of the General Medical Council in September 1974 and later chaired the Esperanto Group.[8] She was nominated an Assistant Whip for Environment in 1983, an office she held until the following year.[5] Fisher entered the European Parliament in 1975, sitting in Strasbourg until 1979.[2] She was vice-president of the Institute of Trading Standards Administration (today the Trading Standards Institute).[2]
In December 1991, at the age of 72, Lady Fisher slept rough in a nest of cardboard boxes at Birmingham's St Philip's Cathedral to draw attention to the plight of the city's homeless.[9]
Personal life
She married Joseph Fisher, a sheet-metal-worker at the Longbridge plant, in 1939 and had two daughters.[3] Her husband died in 1978 and she survived him until her death in 2005, aged 86.[4]
References
- ↑ House of Lords (20 December 2005). "Announcement of her death at the House of Lords". Minutes of Proceedings. Retrieved 8 November 2006.
- 1 2 3 "Obituary - Lady Fisher of Rednal". The Telegraph (London). 21 December 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 Dalyell, Tam (24 December 2005). "Obituary - Baroness Fisher of Rednal". The Independent (London). Retrieved 8 November 2006.
- 1 2 3 Roth, Andrew (14 February 2006). "Obituary - Baroness Fisher". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- 1 2 "Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics - Doris Fisher". Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ↑ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Ladywood". Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 46352. p. 7918. 24 September 1974. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ↑ Charles Roger Dod and Robert Phipps Dod (1985). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 0-905702-10-7.
- ↑ "Obituary - Lady Fisher of Rednal". The Telegraph. 21 December 2005.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Doris Fisher
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Wallace Lawler |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Ladywood 1970 – February 1974 |
Succeeded by Brian Walden |